Chance to make that the center of your research, and we cover just about everything. Its just like any other class where you take exams and write papers. Host what do you do with a womens study major . The short answer is law school. Many of my best students gone on to be title ix lawyers. Many go abroad. They work with women Birth Control the issue of violence against women in regions ranging from Northern Africa to bosnia. Many students do development in term of nonprofit. They do programming for everything from planted parenthood to organizations that work with women and girls. I have a couple of students who have gone on to med school and do specialties in womens health. Quite a few have been nursing, and i have a lot of students who are also as athletes involved in furthering women sports. Some are trainers. I have one in the olympics right now. I have another student interning at the winter games who is hoping to do some reporting on the situation of homophobia in russia. Host ko
Wrong with looking at half the worlds history. And i have negotiated many of these things throughout my teaching career. The idea is that i wanted to talk back but in a cheerful way. A cheerful and playful way. And i wanted to be the smiling face of womens studies and womens history so that as a diplomat from academic feminism i am approachable and i love my students, but enough with being rude to the professor. People would come by and say that i love your class. You not at all this way. And so thank you for putting that out there. So this is my say that you are not root of the professor in the class will not hurt you, looking at womens history will only improve your life. And what is it like for those on the other side . Those of us that have to deal with a whole range of our work by people who are fearful. Host would teach . What you teach . Guest i teach at George Washington university in georgetown. Everything required for the minor and the mainer. Introductory and womens history.
Theres no end to the violence against women. We have not stopped shaming girls about their body. We have so much sex women in the media. Which implies you have to have a certain shape to be loved or popular. The problem in term of refining feminism is it is true what unifies a lot of women globally is what done to women. I dont want to identify feminism about victim hollywood. Thats a important critique. Empowered feminism says that women should be equal in their rights and opportunities period. Where we dont see that we want to push forward to make that possible. End of statement. But, no, there is so many work to do. And globally the statistics are frightening in term of womens lack of access, again, to everything from education to health and information about their options. Host do you think that sexism plays any role in Hillary Clintons president ial chance . Guest absolutely. I use the misrepresentation in my classroom. One of my students is in it. The film looks at media bias in
Been used against everybody in this world walking this earth but when it comes to my children i would lay down my life for them. My question is why culturally do we have people abusing women in the eastern bloc of europe. Is a cultural thing. In the South Pacific women should be held in higher regard. My mother was held in high regard. I dont understand how all cultures have formulated their idea of keeping women down so address that. Host do you consider yourself a feminist . Caller no. I am man who believes in equal rights for everybody. That is not feminism, that is humanism. Guest the answer is elizabeth blackwell. She was admitted to Geneva Medical College as a joke. Host as a joke . Guest yes. Was applied and was put to a vote by the male student body and they thought was sophia hilarious and that she will surely fail and they were amazed when she showed up and completed the course and study. Okay. Why is there violence against women . It is local as well as global, it is not lim
Items, finalists for the Nonfiction Book award and the winner of the finishing line press jet boat competition is also the author of six nonfiction prose books including revenge of womens studies professor, reel girl and womens history for beginners. Author Bonnie Morris, in your book revenge of womens studies professor, revenge for what . The title is not meant to be provocative or roots, it is about having the opportunity to talk back to many people this stereotyped my fields or asked unfair questions. I have a lot of terrific students who are intimidated by the idea of taking the basic class in womens history. They come to me and expressed doubt or concern, they are afraid of what people would say, what does it look like on their transcripts of those experiences lead me to a keen awareness of how many people feel there is something wrong which looking at half of the worlds history and i negotiated many of these routes conversations throughout my teaching career. The idea of revenge